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Skyroot wants to kickstart private spaceflight in India with first rocket launch next week
Skyroot wants to kickstart private spaceflight in India with first rocket launch next week
S.T.E.M. Space 

Skyroot wants to kickstart private spaceflight in India with first rocket launch next week

Aria Alamalhodaei 186 Views, , 1 min read

Spaceflight startup Skyroot wants to make history by launching India’s first privately developed rocket, and it’s aiming to do so as early as next week. The company said Tuesday that the first launch of the Vikram-S suborbital rocket could occur as early as November 12, with a launch window that extends until November 16. The […]

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The first flight of India’s small satellite vehicle results in loss of payload
The first flight of India’s small satellite vehicle results in loss of payload
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The first flight of India’s small satellite vehicle results in loss of payload

Aria Alamalhodaei 212 Views, , 1 min read

The maiden flight of India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) ended in failure when the rocket failed to insert its payloads into the target orbit. India Space Research Organization (ISRO), the country’s space agency, confirmed on Twitter that the satellites “are no longer usable” after the rocket’s kick stage placed the satellites into an elliptical, […]

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